of execution than that. good evening, i m joie chen. crime and punishment, they go together, that s understood. but when the punishment involves brutality, neglect, even torture, something has gone terribly wrong with our criminal justice system. cruel an unusual punishment, not only unconscionable, it s unconstitutional. america tonight looks at three stories about away can go wrong behind bars. we begin with the largest jail in the country, run by the los angeles police department. shockingly: the jailers themselves had been accused of criminal behavior about. not only the friends and relatives who come and visits. america tonight s michael okwu reports. at that point i m lying face down with my face on the ground, my hands behind my back and i have about four or five officers come around me. and then i hear this crack. that s what happens says leo figueroa. when he went to visit his brother. at one of the most notorious jail in america, the men s central jail in
of execution than that. good evening, i m joie chen. crime and punishment, they go together, that s understood. but when the punishment involves brutality, neglect, even torture, something has gone terribly wrong with our criminal justice system. cruel an unusual punishment, not only unconscionable, it s unconstitutional. america tonight looks at three stories about away can go wrong behind bars. we begin with the largest jail in the country, run by the los angeles police department. shockingly: the jailers themselves had been accused of criminal behavior about. not only the friends and relatives who come and visits. america tonight s michael okwu reports. at that point i m lying face down with my face on the ground, my hands behind my back and i have about four or five officers come around me. and then i hear this crack. that s what happens says leo figueroa. when he went to visit his brother. at one of the most notorious jail in america, the men s central jail in
to come one a more brutal form of execution than that. good evening, i m joie chen. crime and punishment, they go together, that s understood. but when the punishment involves brutality, neglect, even torture, something has gone terribly wrong with our criminal justice system. cruel an unusual punishment, not only unconscionable, it s unconstitutional. america tonight looks at three stories about away can go wrong behind bars. we begin with the largest jail in the country, run by the los angeles police department. shockingly: the jailers themselves had been accused of criminal behavior about. not only the friends and relatives who come and visits. america tonight s michael okwu reports. at that point i m lying face down with my face on the ground, my hands behind my back and i have about four or five officers come around me. and then i hear this crack. that s what happens says leo figueroa. when he went to visit his brother. at one of the most notorious jail in amer
to come one a more brutal form of execution than that. good evening, i m joie chen. crime and punishment, they go together, that s understood. but when the punishment involves brutality, neglect, even torture, something has gone terribly wrong with our criminal justice system. not only unconscionable, it s unconstitutional. we beginning with the largest jail in the country, run by the los angeles police department. the jailers themselves had been indicted for criminal behavior. merrick michael okwu reports. at that point i m lying face down with my face on the ground, my hands behind my back and i have about four or five officers come around me. and then i hear this crack. anything else? that s what happens says leo fifigueroa. when he went to vista his visits brother. he was arrested and being held at the jail. juan, a veteran of desert storm. he had had a few minor scrapes with the law but they didn t amount to much. what he heard left him stunned. your brother ca
minutes as they slowly die in front of their family. it would take a big imagination to come one a more brutal form of execution than that. good evening, i m joie chen. crime and punishment, they go together, that s understood. but when the punishment involves brutality, neglect, even torture, something has gone terribly wrong with our criminal justice system. cruel an unusual punishment, not only unconscionable, it s unconstitutional. america tonight looks at three stories about away can go wrong behind bars. we begin with the largest jail in the country, run by the los angeles police department. shockingly: the jailers themselves had been accused of criminal behavior about. not only the friends and relatives who come and visits. america tonight s michael okwu reports. at that point i m lying face down with my face on the ground, my hands behind my back and i have about four or five officers come around me. and then i hear this crack. that s what happens says leo f